The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established under that title on 7th July 2016. It has responsibility for all the matters that previously came within the remit of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, which was itself established on 2nd June 2011, and in addition is also responsible for certain functions transferred from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Accordingly, the information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table and provided in respect of the period from 2nd June 2011.
Year
|
Expenditure (€)
|
2011
|
34,678
|
2012
|
10,959
|
2013
|
28,782
|
2014
|
60,368
|
2015
|
24,747
|
2016
|
1,833
|
2017
|
0
|
Total
|
161,367
|